Wednesday December 2nd, 2015

Welcome back from break students!! 

Vocabulary

1. guide
2. exhibit
3. tour
4. dragon
5. village
6. veils
7. goddess
8. arches
9. whistle
10. structure

Reading

Five Minute Reading Challenge

Students listened to a passage Miss Adrienne read out loud in class for specific details, so they could illustrate what they heard. Students encouraged to use creativity while strengthening their listening and comprehension skills. 

Read passage from "Magic Tree House: Night of the New Magicians"

Class Reading

Continued reading; "Magic Tree House: Night of the New Magicians" by Mary Pope Osborne - Chapter 3, part 1. 

Writing

Five Minute Creative Writing Challenge: "Saltifera Sodiumicus!" 

Students took 5 minutes in class to creatively write. They used an  image they selected off of https://storybird.com for their creative inspiration. Spelling, punctuation, and capitalization skills are not the focus of this challenge! Students have five minutes to dig deep into their creative minds and write about what they see! 

Class Writing Activity

• Write 6 complete sentences using beginning, middle, and end format. Include correct spelling, punctuation, grammar, and capitalization. Please make sure I can read your essay.
• Use 3 of the daily vocabulary words in your writing; please underline your vocabulary words.
• Tell me what happened in the story with your own words. Be sure to include the following answers (in complete sentences) in your essay:

1. Why did Jack and Annie get on the sight-seeing train?  
2. Describe the train ride Jack and Annie took. What extraordinary exhibits did they pass by? What countries had exhibit displayed? What did the exhibits look like? Describe as much as you can about each exhibit Jack and Annie saw on the train ride. 
3. Why was the Eiffel Tower built? What was it built for?  

Vocabulary Baseball

Baseball to strengthen writing skills and vocabulary comprehension!

Student sat at "home-base" with pencil and paper. 

Teacher "pitched" a vocabulary word to student. Student wrote a complete sentence using the "pitched" vocabulary word. A hit occurred when if the sentence was complete and the vocabulary word usage was correct; a strike occurred when the student did not use a complete sentence or the word was used incorrectly. Students were also thrown out on base if they were unable to use the thrown word correctly.